228 pages ; 20 cm

"Short, emotional, literary, powerful--Tears We Cannot Stop is the book that all Americans who care about the current and long-burning crisis in race relations will want to read. As the country grapples with racist division at a level not seen since the 1960s, one man's voice soars above the rest with conviction and compassion. In his 2016 New York Times op-ed piece 'Death in Black and White,' Michael Eric Dyson moved a nation. Now he continues to speak out in Tears We Cannot Stop--a provocative and deeply personal call for change. Dyson argues that if we are to make real racial progress we must face difficult truths, including being honest about how black grievance has been ignored, dismissed, or discounted"--Publisher's description

Call to worship -- Hymns of praise -- Invocation -- Scripture reading -- Sermon : Repenting of whiteness : Inventing whiteness; The five stages of white grief; The plague of white innocence ; Being Black in America : Nigger; Our own worst enemy?; Coptopia -- Benediction -- Offering plate -- Prelude to service -- Closing prayer

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